21 February 2019 - Forget about upfront commissions, one adviser says churn should be tackled by allowing trail commissions to be paid to the servicing adviser – not simply the person who sold the product in the first place.

16 April 2018 - Good Returns TV is pleased to bring you an extended interview with the Minister of Commerce Kris Faafoi. In it he discusses issues with the Code Working Group, the future of commissions, KiwiSaver and churn in the life insurance sector.

6 April 2018 - The FMA's Churn report challenge the fundamentals of the way our industry operate, FSC chief executive Richard Klipin says. But it should also be seen as a rallying call to all involved with life insurance.

23 March 2018 - New Zealand’s financial advice sector has welcomed the Financial Markets Authority’s long-awaited report into life insurance churn – but said its findings shouldn’t be taken as representative of the industry as a whole.

14 September 2016 - Non-AFA advisers are being warned that while what counts as a good advice process for them might be a “grey area” at the moment, they should expect to have to follow a set procedure soon.

29 June 2016 - The Financial Services Council – which represents life and income insurers, among others – welcomes today’s report from the Financial Markets Authority, on life insurance sales practices.

23 November 2015 - PAA chief executive Rod Severn says there are some good recommendations in hte MJW report, but it is let down by MJW's unbalanced view of replacement business and the value of advice.

23 November 2015 - [OPINION] Despite all the money spent on the MJW report and all the discussion the authors had with people in the life insurance industry its conclusions are flawed. Unfortunately though some may take the findings seriously.

4 August 2015 - A recent PAA "summit on accessibility of advice" shows industry consensus that adviser remuneration and replacement business are not problems in and of themselves, the association’s president says.